A well read Christian is a great gift to the Church and a well read Priest is a great gift to Christians. The books that are listed below are a mixture of what is beneficial to all Christians and those that are especially helpful to priests (and other members of the clergy).
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The Bible inclusive of the Deuterocanon
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas À Kempis
On the Incarnation by St Athanasius
Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius
City of God by St Augustine
Confessions by St Augustine
The Complete Works of St Francis of Assisi
The Magnificat by St Bernard of Clairvaux
Sermons of the Song of Songs by St Bernard of Clairvaux
Listen, O Daughter by St John of Avila
The Golden Epistle by William of St Thierry
The Meditations of William of St Thierry
Wisdom of the Desert by James O Hannay
Wisdom of the Desert ed by Thomas Merton
News Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
Pastoral Care by St Gregory the Great
Commentaries on Job by St Gregory the Great
A Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist by Dom Anscar Vonier, OSB
The Priest is Not His Own by Abp Fulton J Sheen
Christ the Ideal of the Priest by Abbot D Columba Marmion, OSB
Christ the Ideal of the Monk by Abbot D Columba Marmion, OSB
Christ the Life of the Soul by Abbot D Columba Marmion, OSB
Christ in His Mysteries by Abbot D Columba Marmion, OSB
Suffering with Christ by Abbot D Columba Marmion, OSB
Spirituality a Brief History by Philip Sheldrake
A Christian Theology of Place by John Inge
The Way of a Pilgrim by Anonymous trans RM French
Diary of a Pilgrimage by Egeria trans George E Gingras
God’s Battalions by Rodney Stark
The Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Duffy
Against the Protestant Gnostics by Philip Lee